Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Subfield ranking · 2016
Neurology journal rankings 2016
151 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Neurology has 151 ranked journals in 2016. The median journal has an OJR of 0.65, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2015; Q1 starts at OJR 1.30. The top three are The Lancet Neurology, Annals of Neurology, and Brain.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery821
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine315
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health256
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine248
- Oncology198
- Infectious Diseases189
- Epidemiology187
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism151
- Neurology151
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging142
- Psychiatry and Mental health134
- Physiology131
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine102
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health91
- Ophthalmology80
- Dermatology78
- Hematology70
- Obstetrics and Gynecology64
- Rheumatology58
- Nephrology53
- Reproductive Medicine46
- Pharmacology44
- Complementary and alternative medicine43
- Emergency Medicine37
- Geriatrics and Gerontology35
- Otorhinolaryngology32
- Rehabilitation31
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine24
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine23
- Hepatology21
- Genetics20
- Immunology and Allergy19
- Urology13
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Health Informatics1
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
151 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1The Lancet NeurologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 7.42Q1 | 15.66 0.47 down from 2015 | 572 | 41% | $7,280 | ||
2Annals of NeurologyWiley · United States | 4.21Q1 | 9.37 0.14 down from 2015 | 628 | 52% | $4,700 | ||
3BrainOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.92Q1 | 8.31 0.32 up from 2015 | 1,207 | 71% | $5,570 | ||
4JAMA NeurologyAmerican Medical Association · United States | 2.77Q1 | 6.38 0.12 up from 2015 | 908 | 41% | — | ||
5NeurotherapeuticsOASpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.51Q1 | 6.15 0.51 up from 2015 | 228 | 100% | $3,900 | ||
6Current Opinion in NeurologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.42Q1 | 5.32 0.15 down from 2015 | 286 | 37% | — | ||
7Movement DisordersWiley · United States | 2.42Q1 | 6.44 1.03 up from 2015 | 1,068 | 32% | $4,480 | ||
8NeurologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.39Q1 | 5.06 0.50 down from 2015 | 3,080 | 19% | — | ||
9Frontiers in Aging NeuroscienceOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 2.34Q1 | 5.40 0.29 down from 2015 | 665 | 100% | $3,801 | ||
10Neurobiology of DiseaseOAElsevier BV · United States | 2.23Q1 | 5.85 0.33 up from 2015 | 778 | 98% | $4,180 | ||
11Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & MetabolismSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.22Q1 | 5.07 0.84 down from 2015 | 812 | 91% | $4,200 | ||
12Translational Stroke ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.15Q1 | 6.77 2.71 up from 2015 | 202 | 64% | $5,490 | ||
13Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & PsychiatryBMJ · United Kingdom | 2.09Q1 | 5.66 1.14 up from 2015 | 927 | 14% | — | ||
14Therapeutic Advances in Neurological DisordersOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.05Q1 | 5.25 1.32 up from 2015 | 89 | 100% | $2,650 | ||
15Annals of Clinical and Translational NeurologyOAWiley · United States | 2.04Q1 | 4.67 1.27 up from 2015 | 227 | 100% | $4,100 | ||
16Neurology Neuroimmunology & NeuroinflammationOAWolters Kluwer · United States | 2.04Q1 | 4.27 1.20 up from 2015 | 175 | 100% | $3,450 | ||
17Current Neurology and Neuroscience ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.03Q1 | 4.29 0.01 up from 2015 | 281 | 13% | $5,590 | ||
18Acta Neuropathologica CommunicationsOASpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.91Q1 | 5.01 0.62 up from 2015 | 351 | 100% | $3,790 | ||
19Journal of neurosurgeryAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons · United States | 1.85Q1 | 4.24 0.44 down from 2015 | 1,262 | 57% | — | ||
20Translational NeurodegenerationOABioMed Central · China | 1.84Q1 | 5.45 1.51 up from 2015 | 73 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
21Frontiers in NeurologyOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 1.82Q1 | 4.19 0.26 up from 2015 | 751 | 100% | $3,801 | ||
22Neurosurgical FOCUSOAAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons · United States | 1.82Q1 | 4.13 0.02 up from 2015 | 446 | 100% | — | ||
23European NeurologyKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.77Q1 | 5.00 1.04 up from 2015 | 331 | 18% | — | ||
24American Journal of NeuroradiologyAmerican Society of Neuroradiology · United States | 1.74Q1 | 3.90 0.21 up from 2015 | 1,176 | 100% | — | ||
25Journal of Parkinson s DiseaseOAIOS Press · Netherlands | 1.72Q1 | 3.09 0.75 down from 2015 | 223 | 99% | — | ||
26Parkinsonism & Related DisordersElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.66Q1 | 3.61 0.04 down from 2015 | 951 | 29% | $3,460 | ||
27NeuroepidemiologyKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.60Q1 | 4.15 0.35 down from 2015 | 191 | 37% | — | ||
28NeurosurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.56Q1 | 3.10 0.57 down from 2015 | 1,069 | 7% | — | ||
29Nature Reviews NeurologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 1.51Q1 | 5.69 0.27 up from 2015 | 747 | 12% | — | ||
30Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental NeurologyOxford University Press · United States | 1.51Q1 | 3.63 0.36 down from 2015 | 311 | 63% | $5,036 | ||
31Journal of Movement DisordersOAKorean Movement Disorders Society · South Korea | 1.45Q1 | 3.44 1.76 up from 2015 | 50 | 100% | — | ||
32European Journal of NeurologyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.45Q1 | 3.88 0.25 up from 2015 | 752 | 24% | $3,600 | ||
33Current Treatment Options in NeurologySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.43Q1 | 3.43 0.01 down from 2015 | 159 | 14% | $4,190 | ||
34BMC NeurologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.36Q1 | 2.92 0.16 down from 2015 | 725 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
35Journal of NeurologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.35Q1 | 3.35 0.33 up from 2015 | 1,087 | 36% | $4,790 | ||
36CNS Neuroscience & TherapeuticsOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.33Q1 | 3.34 0.04 down from 2015 | 417 | 94% | $4,140 | ||
37NeuroradiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.32Q1 | 2.50 0.37 down from 2015 | 411 | 26% | $4,790 | ||
38Neurosurgery Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 1.30Q1 | 2.15 0.05 down from 2015 | 181 | 10% | $3,000 | ||
39Neurocritical CareSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.27Q2 | 3.12 0.11 up from 2015 | 404 | 26% | $4,690 | ||
40Parkinson s DiseaseOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.27Q2 | 2.26 0.45 down from 2015 | 149 | 100% | $2,160 | ||
41Neuroimaging Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 1.27Q2 | 1.46 1.33 down from 2015 | 132 | 5% | $3,000 | ||
42Acta Neurologica ScandinavicaWiley · United Kingdom | 1.23Q2 | 2.87 0.32 down from 2015 | 442 | 74% | $2,490 | ||
43Journal of NeuroimmunologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.22Q2 | 3.14 0.03 up from 2015 | 633 | 19% | $3,360 | ||
44Operative NeurosurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.21Q2 | 2.41 0.49 down from 2015 | 210 | 6% | — | ||
45Seminars in NeurologyThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · United States | 1.20Q2 | 2.37 0.25 down from 2015 | 245 | 11% | — | ||
46Neurodegenerative DiseasesKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.11Q2 | 2.30 0.75 down from 2015 | 149 | 20% | — | ||
47Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal DegenerationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.11Q2 | 2.47 0.52 down from 2015 | 344 | 48% | — | ||
48CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug TargetsBentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates | 1.09Q2 | 2.73 0.29 up from 2015 | 475 | 9% | — | ||
49Journal of Neural TransmissionSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 1.07Q2 | 2.85 0.10 up from 2015 | 509 | 28% | $4,690 | ||
50Neurology Research InternationalOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.03Q2 | 1.60 0.91 down from 2015 | 73 | 100% | $1,000 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Neurology highlighted.
- Surgery821
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine315
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health256
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine248
- Oncology198
- Infectious Diseases189
- Epidemiology187
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism151
- Neurology151
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging142
- Psychiatry and Mental health134
- Physiology131
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine102
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health91
- Ophthalmology80
- Dermatology78
- Hematology70
- Obstetrics and Gynecology64
- Rheumatology58
- Nephrology53
- Reproductive Medicine46
- Pharmacology44
- Complementary and alternative medicine43
- Emergency Medicine37
- Geriatrics and Gerontology35
- Otorhinolaryngology32
- Rehabilitation31
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine24
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine23
- Hepatology21
- Genetics20
- Immunology and Allergy19
- Urology13
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Health Informatics1
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
33 additional Neurology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2013–2015, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 151
- Window papers (baseline)
- 56,147 +15.7% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.6492 -1.9% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 16
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 62 | 63 | 64 | 68 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 86 | 85 | 87 | 95 | 109 | 120 | 132 | 138 | 151 | 151 | 157 | 161 | 164 | 170 | 172 | 176 | 174 | 175 | 168 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 20,103 | 22,212 | 23,092 | 24,511 | 25,423 | 27,798 | 30,119 | 32,966 | 35,574 | 39,471 | 42,315 | 45,185 | 46,659 | 48,518 | 51,657 | 53,867 | 56,147 | 56,821 | 58,529 | 60,560 | 63,295 | 71,057 | 80,971 | 88,942 | 90,225 | 89,484 | |
| Median OJR | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.602 | 0.6495 | 0.731 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.87 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.732 | 0.662 | 0.68 | 0.657 | 0.6492 | 0.639 | 0.67 | 0.644 | 0.661 | 0.57 | 0.598 | 0.601 | 0.59 | 0.62 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.